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MORE Program Collaborates with DeKalb County Public Library to Promote Reading

DeKalb County Board of Health’s M.O.R.E program collaborated with the DeKalb County Public Library system at an event to promote early childhood reading. In January of this year, the library system kicked off their “1000 Books Before Kindergarten” initiative to encourage children to read. DeKalb County Public Library visited the East DeKalb Health Center on June 29 and met with parents in the M.O.R.E. program to introduce ways to make reading with their children more interesting and how to engage their children during story time. Participates received 1000 Books Before Kindergarten participation kits, which include a reusable book bag, a starter book, a reading log and reading tips and recommendations.

Mia Biggs with the DeKalb County Public Library shares tips on how to make reading to children more interesting.
Mia Biggs with the DeKalb County Public Library shares tips on how to make reading to children more interesting.
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Jill Joplin with the DeKalb Library Foundation talks about the “1000 Books Before Kindergarten” initiative.
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Jaylin Finley, a M.O.R.E. baby, is excited about the book he received!
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Jaylin Finley reads his new book to his mom.

About M.O.R.E. Moms:

The M.O.R.E. (Mothers Offering Resources and Education) program is a FREE service of DeKalb County Board of Health that works extremely hard providing excellent, caring services to pregnant women and new moms in DeKalb County. Visit the M.O.R.E. Moms page for more information.

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AIR QUALITY UPDATE 

Current weather models show that winds will begin to shift
from the east to the west after sunset on Wednesday.

Smoke from the BioLab facility fire in Rockdale County is predicted to settle towards the ground as it moves toward Atlanta. There is a high likelihood that people across Metro Atlanta will wake up on Thursday morning seeing haze and smelling chlorine.

For more information about health precautions, click here.

last updated 10/2/2024 at 5:45 p.m.

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DeKalb Public Health will resume normal operations
for all health centers and services at 8:15 a.m.,
on Monday, September 30.

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Due to today’s worldwide cybersecurity outage, some services have been impacted.

  • You may experience delays reaching our Call Center, which handles health center appointments.
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This outage has not only affected DeKalb Public Health, but other government and business services, in Georgia, throughout the nation and internationally.

We apologize for the inconvenience and greatly appreciate your patience, as we work with our partners to fully restore systems.

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In observance of Juneteenth, all DeKalb Public Health centers will be closed on Wednesday, June 19th. #happyjuneteenth

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